Bogar v. Phillips

CAMMACK, Chief Justice'.

This is an appeal from a judgment giving the appellee a prior lien in the amount of $347.20 on the assets of Cross-Morris Coal Company by virtue of KRS 376.150-376.190. The appellants contend that their pre-existing mortgage upon the personal property of Cross-Morris Coal Company should be superior to the appellee’s lien. The appellants’ claim was for $1600. The appeal was granted below.

At the outset we are confronted with the question of jurisdictional amount. For any money judgment for as much as $200 and less than $500 the lower court does not have the authority to…